This is the first in a series of blog posts ahead of the British Library exhibition on Buddhism. Every full moon day is an auspicious day for Buddhists, but the most important of all is the day of the ...

Themes: Buddhism; the life of the Buddha; the festivals of Wesak and Parinirvana Day; the Eightfold Path. Summary: this assembly is suitable at about the time of the festivals of Wesak (April or May) ...

LIHU‘E — A light rain, similar to that which fell in Lumbini Garden 2,500 years ago, blanketed the Kaua‘i Buddhist Council members that gathered for the issuance of the Hanamatsuri Week and Buddha Day ...

ISLAMABAD: Buddha day is being observed for the first time officially across Pakistan on Monday to pay homage to the contribution of Fasting Buddha Siddhartha Gautama as the founder of Buddhism in ...

KAPAIA — The gentle rain that fell Sunday at the Kauai Buddhist Council Buddha Day, or Hanamatsuri, was similar to the rain that fell about 2,600 years ago when Siddhartha Gautama was born in Lumbini, ...